Thanks nautic, but is better to know the correct bin and model before purchasing, and if I am not wrong this guy not says the exact bin and exact data....
Just got my AA-S1 today. Ordered 8/20, shipped 8/24, arrived 8/30. I also got my 14500s. The tint isn't really bad. According to my eyes, it looks sort of greenish white. The hotspot is small, and expands out nicely to the edge of the beam. It's pretty dim on NIMH, it's ok on 14500. I thought it would be brighter. My Hugsby P31 has better throw on NIMH vs. the AA-S1 14500, but the AA-S1 has a lot of more useful spill light. I must say the head of the AA-S1 gets hot rather quickly on 14500s. For about $10, it's not a bad light!
Edit: If you want something of better construction and brightness for about $4-5 more, go for the Hugsby P31/P32.
The lens was really dirty. I thought it was just the outside but I cleaned it off and it was still dirty. I had to take it apart and clean it from the inside. There is a little bit of dry gray grease but it doesn't look like they used much and it wasn't spread out evenly. There are chunks of it in one place and nothing in another spot. The construction quality isn't that great.
It's good to have as part of a collection but I don't think I would get another one. I'd rather get a Hugsby.
That's correct. The P31 still has decent spill, but most of the beam is concentrated in the hotspot. The AA-S1's beam is more spread out evenly. I like the tint of the Hugsby way more.
In Don's review of the Hugsby P31, he claims that it's the brightest AA light that he's seen. It's very true.
I'm sure it did affect the throw on the R5-A3 by a little bit. However, the smooth reflector never threw far either because of its small size.
In one of the reviews from DX, someone tried a 14500 in the Hugsby and said it didn't make a brightness difference, only that it got hot really fast. Based on that review, I'm not going to even attempt it on mine.